helper-date

helper-date

Template helper for adding formatted dates with node-dateformat. Should work with any Handlebars, Lo-Dash, underscore, or any template engine that allows helper functions to be registered. Also compatible with verb, assemble and Template.

See node-dateformat for all available options.

Install

Install with npm

npm i helper-date --save

Run tests

npm test

Register the helper

This should work with any engine, here are a few examples

template

template.helper('date', require('helper-date'));

assemble

assemble.helper('date', require('helper-date'));

verb

verb.helper('date', require('helper-date'));

handlebars

var handlebars = require('handlebars');
handlebars.registerHelper('date', require('helper-date'));

Example usage

Handlebars:

{{date "MMMM DD, YYYY"}}

Lo-Dash or Underscore:

<%= date("MMMM DD, YYYY") %>

Verb (lo-dash, with special delimiters to avoid delimiter collision in documentation):

{%= date("MMMM DD, YYYY") %}

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright (c) 2014 Jon Schlinkert Released under the MIT license

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This file was generated by verb on November 10, 2014.